previdência
The verdict
“previdência” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #8,672 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,672
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: seguro social, mediante contribuições previdenciárias, com a finalidade de prover subsistência ao trabalhador, em caso de perda de sua capacidade laborativa
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | previdência |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɾɨ.vi.ˈdẽ.sjɐ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #8,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “previdência” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for previdência is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɾɨ.vi.ˈdẽ.sjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,672 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "seguro social, mediante contribuições previdenciárias, com a finalidade de prover subsistência ao trabalhador, em caso de perda de sua capacidade laborativa".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for previdência, with forms such as "pervidência", "pprevidência", and "preivdência". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "providência", "providenciar", "presidência", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is previdência, spelled P-R-E-V-I-D-Ê-N-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1seguro social, mediante contribuições previdenciárias, com a finalidade de prover subsistência ao trabalhador, em caso de perda de sua capacidade laborativa
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pervidência,pprevidência,preivdência,prevdiência,previddência,previdnêcia,previdêcnia,previdêncai,previdênccia,previdênica,previdênncia,previêdncia,prevvidência,prrevidência,prveidência,rpevidência
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of previdência — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "previdência"
Frequency rank: #8,672 in Portuguese
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Using “previdência”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-E-V-I-D-Ê-N-C-I-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɾɨ.vi.ˈdẽ.sjɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “providência” — see the side-by-side comparison. previdência vs providência
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Nearby Portuguese words
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